Because even the schools chancellor knows that school is more than a place where children learn.

"Is this the election for the schools chancellor or something?"

In April 1983, he was named the city's schools chancellor.

By what criteria would you measure the success of a schools chancellor?

And before that he spoke out about the selection of a new schools chancellor.

The Mayor himself has no legal standing in the selection of a school chancellor.

In the last few days, the Mayor and the board have shown they can work together on the selection of a new schools chancellor.

But under the union's proposal, the board would continue to select the schools chancellor.

But most of the candidates have taken strong stands on how the city's next schools chancellor should be chosen.

Its board has three members, representing the mayor, the governor and the schools chancellor.